os·tra·cism 
(ŏstrə-sĭz′əm)
(ŏstrə-sĭz′əm)n.
1.
a. The act of banishing or excluding.
b. Banishment or exclusion from a group; disgrace.
2. In Athens and other cities of ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.
[French ostracisme, from Greek ostrakismos, from ostrakizein, to ostracize; see OSTRACIZE.]
- close-mouthed
- closemouthed
- close near the wind
- closeness
- close-order drill
- close out
- closeout
- closer
- close shave
- close/shutthe door on
- closet
- closet drama
- closeted
- closetful
- close the book on
- close to heart
- close to home bone
- close to home/the bone
- close to/near the wind
- close to one's heart
- close to the bone
- close to the wind
- close to the wind
- close-up
- closing